Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems : organizing principles for advancing research methods and approaches

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dc.contributor.authorPreiser, Rikaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBiggs, Reinette, 1979-en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Vos, Altaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFolke, Carlen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-18T09:03:25Z
dc.date.available2019-09-18T09:03:25Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionCITATION: Preise, R., et al. 2018. Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems : organizing principles for advancing research methods and approaches. Ecology and Society, 23(4):46, doi:10.5751/ES-10558-230446.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://www.ecologyandsociety.org
dc.description.abstractThe study of social-ecological systems (SES) has been significantly shaped by insights from research on complex adaptive systems (CAS). We offer a brief overview of the conceptual integration of CAS research and its implications for the advancement of SES studies and methods. We propose a conceptual typology of six organizing principles of CAS based on a comparison of leading scholars’ classifications of CAS features and properties. This typology clusters together similar underlying organizing principles of the features and attributes of CAS, and serves as a heuristic framework for identifying methods and approaches that account for the key features of SES. These principles can help identify appropriate methods and approaches for studying SES. We discuss three main implications of studying and engaging with SES as CAS. First, there needs to be a shift in focus when studying the dynamics and interactions in SES, to better capture the nature of the organizing principles that characterize SES behavior. Second, realizing that the nature of the intertwined social-ecological relations is complex has real consequences for how we choose methods and practical approaches for observing and studying SES interactions. Third, engagement with SES as CAS poses normative challenges for problem-oriented researchers and practitioners taking on real-world challenges.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.ecologyandsociety.org/issues/article.php/10558
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent15 pages
dc.identifier.citationPreise, R., et al. 2018. Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems : organizing principles for advancing research methods and approaches. Ecology and Society, 23(4):46, doi:10.5751/ES-10558-230446
dc.identifier.issn1708-3087 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5751/ES-10558-230446
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106489
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherResilience Alliance
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectOntologyen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial ecology -- Researchen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial-ecological systemsen_ZA
dc.subjectComplex adaptive systemsen_ZA
dc.titleSocial-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems : organizing principles for advancing research methods and approachesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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